Climate

Sky-high earnings for oil companies and California refiners in the second quarter are renewing calls from state legislators to crack down on industry profits. Marathon Petroleum, the second-largest refiner in …

Democratic lawmakers are asking the Justice Department to consider criminal charges against U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, alleging that the nation’s top energy official made false statements to Congress about …

As air quality regulators press for legal action against the operator of a cold storage warehouse that burned in Boyle Heights, Lineage officials say they expect to spend $80 million …

Top executives of California’s two biggest utilities warned they would take action to protect their shareholders if Sacramento lawmakers fail to pass legislation limiting their companies’ liabilities for wildfires sparked …

BOGOTA, Colombia — Police from five Amazon countries arrested hundreds of people and seized timber, minerals and thousands of livestock in one of the largest coordinated crackdowns on environmental crime ever carried …

Wildfires are burning in North America and Europe. Deadly heat waves have parked over cities and the world’s oceans are the hottest ever recorded for this time of year. A …

MERCED, Calif. — Last year, Rosie Lee’s 19-acre farm was filled with crops including corn, beans, squash, tomatoes, melons, onions and bok choy — so much that she and her husband had …

LE PORGE, France — Europe’s wildfire emergency eased across much of Western Europe on Saturday, but its most dangerous front shifted to Greece, where gale-force winds drove flames through a seaside resort, …

Sequoia Capital led a $1-billion funding round for El Segundo-based Valar Atomics Inc. that the nuclear startup says will help it shift from demonstrating small reactors to producing them in …

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Numerous governments across Central and Eastern Europe are taking steps to conserve electricity and avert an energy crisis as record low water levels on the Danube River have forced …